Will of James Hogg

James Hogg named sisters, niece Jean Burgess, deceased brother Robert, children, and grandchildren; sons Walter Alves and Gavin Alves were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

James Hogg (printed JAMES HOGG)

Dated

19 March 1804

Proved

February 1805 court

In the court minutes

• Administration of an estate, May 1805 term

Family named

Gavin Alves (my son); Walter Alves (son); Robina Norwood (daughter); Walter Alves (my children); Gavin Alves (my children); Helen Hooper (my children); Robina Norwood (my children); John Huske (my grandchildren); Ann Alves Huske (my grandchildren); Mary Elizabeth (sister); Jean (sister); Robert Hogg (brother; deceased); Jean Burgess (niece)

Executors

Walter Alves (son); Gavin Alves (son)

Witness

James Wells

Names and places are given as the abstract writes them, spelling and all. This record has not been checked against the will book.

Where to find it

• Orange County Will Book D, pages 146–148.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 23.
• Also listed in Mark Chilton, “Wills Recorded in Orange County, NC 1756–1893” (Wandering through the NC Piedmont, 2019), an index of the will books with references to the court minutes.
• Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80002, “Record of Wills, 1794–1822, Vols. C, D” (State Archives film).